We built a chicken tractor type coop for our one surviving chicken, who was more than ready to get o...

Learn how one homesteader created his own luxury chicken coops.

While traveling in England in 1998, Stephen and Nancy Keel were served free-range eggs at several bed and breakfasts and restaurants. Steve was so impressed by the taste of the deep yellow yolk and firm opaque whites that he came back to the states hoping to raise his own hens. He planned to raise free-range chickens, but none of the available coop designs met his needs.

He wanted a coop that:

Contained hens so they would not roost in the shed or other inconvenient places;

Did not require the need to walk through manure to gather the eggs;

Held enough food and water for several days, so it wasn't a daily chore to feed them.

And Steve didn’t want muddy, smelly pens where the chickens have scratched all the grass away.

Chicken condos are the result of Steve’s quest to create luxury chicken coops. Henspas are egg-stravagant, easy-care, luxury homes for chickens. Hens lay eggs that roll onto an Astro turf collection tray for clean and easy collection. Usually, hens lay an egg a day in the astroturf lined nest boxes. Up to three hens can share the same nest box.

The self-contained chicken homes are luxuriously furnished with a sunroof, heated water bottles and automatic feeders. Electronic doors open in the morning allowing the chickens access to an enclosed, predator-proof exercise area and close at night.

A variety of luxury home designs are available in coop kits that are delivered to your home and assembled in a couple of hours. To learn more, visit the website www.henspa.com.

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